In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin

by Lindsey Hilsum

The role and feelings of the individual in the collective violence of war would become a major theme of her journalism.

I don’t think there are two sides to the story,” she said. “To me there is a right and a wrong, a morality, and if I don’t report that, I don’t see the reason for being there.”

“The real difficulty is having enough faith in humanity to believe that someone will care,” she said.